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Mercedes-Benz Engine Oils for the Senior AutomobileMercedes-Benz Classic has introduced a new range of engine oils desi …

UKLA Issues New Guidance on MWF Marketing Claims

UKLA Issues New Guidance on MWF Marketing Claims

The United Kingdom Lubricants Association has published new guidance governing how performance and safety claims are ma …

MWF Ingredients Under Scrutiny in California

MWF Ingredients Under Scrutiny in California

The South Coast Air Quality Management District is proposing to phase out the use of p-chlorobenzotrifluoride and tert- …

HF Sinclair Completes Industrial Oils Unlimited Acquisition

HF Sinclair Completes Industrial Oils Unlimited Acquisition

HF Sinclair Corp. completed the acquisition of Industrial Oils Unlimited, closing a U.S.$38 million transaction first a …

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ABN Acquires US Counterpart ABN Resource, a United Kingdom-based lubricants industry recruitment firm, acquired FindLi …

Chile Court Hears Legal Challenge to Lubricating Oils EPR Decree

Chile Court Hears Legal Challenge to Lubricating Oils EPR Decree

Chile’s Second Environmental Court has heard legal challenges from Copec, Enex and PTH Grupo Ambiental seeking to ann …

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Kawasaki New Synthetic 4-stroke Bike OilKawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. has launched a new synthetic 4-str …

Dumarey and Petronas Test Hydrogen Engine Oil

Dumarey and Petronas Test Hydrogen Engine Oil

Dumarey Group, a Belgian automotive engineering services company, and Malaysia’s Petronas Lubricants International ha …

Pakelo Acquires Uveol to Expand Industrial Lubricants

Pakelo Acquires Uveol to Expand Industrial Lubricants

Pakelo Motor Oil S.p.A. has completed the acquisition of Uveol Srl, taking full ownership of the Italian specialist in …

CPP Investments to Take Minority Stake in Castrol

CPP Investments to Take Minority Stake in Castrol

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board agreed to acquire an indirect, non-controlling stake in Castrol as part of a trans …

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Kawasaki New Synthetic 4-stroke Bike OilKawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. has launched a new synthetic 4-str …

ATIEL Updates Engine Oil Code to Address Rerefined Base Stocks

ATIEL Updates Engine Oil Code to Address Rerefined Base Stocks

The Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry (ATIEL) has issued an updated version of its engine oil C …

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SK Enmove Opens China Technology Center in ShanghaiSK Enmove held an opening ceremony on Dec. 15 for its …

API Moves PC-12 HDEO Category Toward 2027 Licensing

API Moves PC-12 HDEO Category Toward 2027 Licensing

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Lubricants Group has agreed to move forward with balloting on three proposals …

Streamlining and New Executive Roles at Motiva

Streamlining and New Executive Roles at Motiva

On Monday, Motiva Enterprises began a restructuring its commercial functions, introduces a standalone marketing and sal …

Oronite Opens Depot in Dubai

Oronite Opens Depot in Dubai

Chevron Oronite has opened a new storage facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, partnering with RSA-Talke, a log …

Valvoline Must Divest Stores Before Oil Changers Deal, FTC

Valvoline Must Divest Stores Before Oil Changers Deal, FTC

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered Valvoline Inc. to divest 45 quick-lube shops as a condition for clearing its …

US-China Truce on Port Fees

US-China Truce on Port Fees

The United States and China have agreed to suspend their tit-for-tat application of port service fees on each other’s …